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2018 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Christian Stafford

  • Position Distance
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Pembroke, Mass.
  • Highschool Pembroke High School

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
1000m 2:32.81
1500m 3:55.25
Mile 4:12.19
3000m 8:24.69
5000m 14:13.68
10000m 30:58.17

Career Highlights:
-Ranks 3rd, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 5000m run (14:13.68).
-Ranks 6th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, distance medley relay (9:55.91).
-Ranks 9th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, 3000m run (8:24.69).
-Ranks 9th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, distance medley relay (10:01.68).
-Ranks 11th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, distance medley relay (10:05.87).
-2016 New England Outdoor Silver Medalist: 10,000m run.
-2019 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 5000m run.

Awards/Honors: 
-CAA Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team (Dec. 9, 2015).

2018-19:
OUTDOOR

Finished sixth in the 1500m (3:58.23) at the Minuteman Invitational (April 6) … Championed the 5000m with a time of 14:33.26 at the Ocean State Invitational (April 12) … Placed second in the 1500m (3:59.87) at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational (April 20) … Earned silver in the 5000m (14:56.63) at the CAA Championships (May 3-4).

INDOOR
Started the season with the 5000m (15:04.03) at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 1) … Placed fifth in the 3000m (8:36.83) at the Howlin’ Husky Invitational (Dec. 8) … Ran the 1000m (2:32.81) at the Beantown Challenge (Jan. 12) … Competed in the mile (4:17.02) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 18) … Finished fifth in the 3000m (8:35.00) at the New England Championships (Feb. 1-2) … Ran the 5000m (14:36.08) at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 8-9) … Placed 15th in the 5000m (14:48.12) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (March 1-3).

CROSS COUNTRY
Qualified and competed in the NCAA Regional Championships (Nov. 9) completing the 10k course in 35:46.80… Earned fourteenth place at the CAA Championships (Oct. 26) running the 8k in 24:49.40… Competed in the IC4A Championships (Nov. 17) finishing third among 8k runners in 26:08.90… Participated in the Battle of Beantown (Sep. 21) 5k with a 16:38.50 finish.

2017-18: 
INDOOR

Opened the indoor season with a 31st finish in the 5000m (15:05.41) at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 2) 

2016-17:
CROSS COUNTRY
Finished 14th (25:10.52) at the New England Championships (Oct. 8)

2015-16:
OUTDOOR
Won the 10,000m run (31:54.01) at the Massachusetts Leap Year Tri-Meet (April 9) ¬ Finished seventh in the 5000m run (15:04.39) and tenth in the 1500m run (4:09.81) at the 2016 CAA Championships (May 6-7) … Won silver in the 10,000m run (30:58.17) at the New England Championships (May 14).

INDOOR
Placed sixth in the 5000m run (14:13.68) at the Boston University (BU) Season Opener (Dec. 5) … Finished first in the 3000m run (8:28.09) at the Carisella Invitational (Dec. 12) … Took first place in the distance medley relay (10:05.87) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23) … Placed forty-fifth in the 3000m run (8:26.03) at the BU Terrier Classic (Jan. 30) … Finished fifteenth with a new personal record in the mile (4:12.19) at the BU Scarlet and White Invitational (Feb. 6) … Took fifty-fourth place in the 3000m run (8:29.13) at the BU Valentine Invite (Feb. 13) … Finished third with a leg in the distance medley relay (9:55.91) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (March 4-6).

CROSS COUNTRY
Finished 46th out of more than 260 competitors at the New England Championships. (Oct. 10) … Finished seventh overall at Shawn M. NassaneyInvitational with a time of 16:00.00 (Sept. 6) … A part of a team that earned first place at Shawn M. Nassaney Invitational (Sept. 6).

2014-15:
OUTDOOR

Placed first in the 1500-meter run (3:55.25) at the Carolina Classic in Puerto Rico (March 21) … Finished seventh in the 1500-meter run (4:02.48) at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational (April 4) … Placed ninth in the 1500-meter run (4:06.79) at the Minuteman Invitational (April 11).

INDOOR
Finished third in the 5000-meter run at the Jay Carisella Invitational with a time of 14:41.16 (Dec. 13) … Placed third in the mile with a time of 4:15.23 at the Harvard Multi meet (Jan. 17) … Came in fifth in the mile (4:15.24) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23) … Finished fourth in the 3000-meter run (8:25.52) and sixth in the 5000-meter (14:46.52) at the New England Championships (Feb. 28) … Placed 22nd in the 3000-meter run (8:25.48) at the IC4A/ECAC championships (March 8) … Placed fourth in the New England 3000-meter run and sixth in the 5000-meter run … Ranks third all-time in the 5000-meter run (14:13.68) and ninth all-time in the 3000-meter run (8:24.69)

Before Northeastern:
Placed fifth in the mile run at the 2014 Outdoor Massachusetts All-State Championships … Earned fifth place in the mile run at the Indoor Massachusetts All-State Championships … Took home silver in the mile run at the Massachusetts Division IV Championships … Placed fourth in the mile run at the 2013 NXN Northeast Regional … Earned bronze medals in the mile run at the Massachusetts Division II State Cross Country Championships and the Outdoor Massachusetts All-State Championships in 2013.

Personal:
Majoring in Journalism with a minor in Political Science … Class of 2019.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Sophomore

  • 2016Junior

  • 2017Senior

  • 2018Redshirt Senior

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